Leaking roof

"Jeez, we just got here. How could he know I'm home? Even though I didn't tell him at all." Fen thought that Tina, her neighbor who likes to talk about people and speak negative things about her partner, had left there.

"Who was that?" David woke up and was curious about the person who had made his wife grumble earlier.

"Why is that? Do I need to call him again?" Fen replied to her husband in an emotional tone while putting her hands on her hips.

The words were very piercing, even though earlier David just wanted to ask a question. Is it wrong? Oh, God! What's wrong with my wife? Why is he so emotional lately?" David spoke to himself occasionally, he rubbed his face with his palms.

"Why are you looking at me like that? Aren't you happy? Fine, I'll call him back." Fen is getting ready to go to his yard.

"Ti…" His mouth was successfully gagged with David's hand so that his words were not heard by anyone else.

"What's wrong with you, Fen? I'm just asking, not looking for her. What you say doesn't make any sense at all. Do you really want us to separate? If you really don't want to live with me, why did you agree when I asked you to marry me?" David spoke rudely back, he couldn't bear to hear the words of sarcasm all the time.

"What? You're just saying that now? Why didn't I always feel comfortable here, bro? Look, I've always been patient with you. What have I been demanding of you all this time? Remember, how many times have you bought me clothes? And it's still in the cupboard, and it's still good! Because I only wear it once a year when it's Did time. Are you proud of all that? Meanwhile, everyday clothes for me are all just used clothes." Fen is getting emotional for him.

David snorted, he just realized that his wife's words were true. "Fine! I know that. So, you're telling me about this because you want to buy clothes, is that it?" his eyes stared intently at Fen's beautiful face.

The woman didn't answer, even if she didn't really expect it, that wasn't what she wanted at all. All he wants is to have a job and be able to make money. Depending on her husband makes her always limited to meet her needs. But how could he do it?

"Ah, come on, man, I would rather not argue anymore on this matter. I still have work to do. It's getting late, I'm sorry to see the children, they must be hungry now." Fen left there, leaving David, whose emotions were still exploding.

***

At 04.00 in the morning, the whole house was awakened by the sound of a baby crying in his house. Every morning, Fen continually tries to calm Bertrand back down.

"Mom, what time is it? I have to go to school today." Fen's sleepy eyes couldn't answer that question, of course, that made Chica repeat the same question again.

Once or twice, finally, Fen grumbled non-stop until the sun rose. "Nana, Alvin, aren't you guys going to school? Come on, get up quickly, or you'll be late."

David also heard the voice, but he still closed his eyes and did not want to interfere with hearing his wife's loud voice.

After they woke up, the three children immediately took a bath. On his return, the noise was heard again. "Mom, what should I wear?"

"Mom, I can't find my underwear." Fen panicked, hearing the words spoken simultaneously at once. Her ears became noisy, while she was still ironing all her children's clothes and also her husband's office clothes.

Their breakfast menu this morning is also not cooked. "Oh my god! How do I finish all of this?" Fen took a deep breath, trying to hold back her emotions, facing the scenes in her life every morning.

Alternating Fen did everything, "Chika, Alvin, Nana, come here! You better fill your stomach with a little of these snacks." the figure of the mother of five children gives a plate of freshly ripe fried bananas. Then make three glasses of hot tea and serve it on the front porch.

"Mom, have you seen the socks? Why is mine only one? Where are the others?" Alvin showed the gloriously stretched socks on his left hand.

"Hey, that's mine. Look, I've got his partner on the other side." Chica immediately snatched it from Alvin's hands. Again they fight.

"Then where's mine? Why is everything yours?" Fen covered her ears, trying not to hear their chatter.

"Mom…! Where's the hair comb? I haven't combed my hair at all. It'll be 7:00 in the morning, Sudra will be late."

And so on, what happened, Fen could only stroke her chest, trying to hold back her anger.

Gurgling rainwater fell on the roof of the Zambia of their house.

"Gosh, it's raining. How are we going to go to school at this rate, we only have one umbrella." Nana stretched out her hands towards the sky, making the falling water collect in her palms.

The kitchen floor was starting to get wet due to leaks from the thatched roof, which had holes everywhere. Even Fen, who was cooking at that time, was exposed to the leak. His efforts to ward off all that, put plenty of buckets and basins so that everything doesn't get wet.Mas David, hurry, please help me for a moment. You see, the whole room is already wet. The carpet cannot be stepped on because it is slippery. If you can, patch it up first with pieces of rice sacks that happen to be empty, mas." Fen woke her husband up.

"Mother, the rain has started to let up. You will leave with the little umbrella before it starts raining again." Chica exclaimed in her full uniform and the bag on her back and the shoes whose laces had just been tied.

The eyes of the woman called Fen turned to look at her three children, who were going to school. "All right, then. Later, mother will order your father to deliver food for you."

Chica started saying goodbye and shaking hands with her mother, followed by her two younger siblings. "We'll go first, ma'am, see you later."

***

The house looked deserted, David, who had just woken up, did not find his wife there. Looking at the clock on the wall, it was 8:00 in the morning. "Geez, I have to go to the office right now." The man went running to the bathroom.

When he returned, the clothes had been neatly ironed with a potluck breakfast on the dining table. "Where are Alvin and Bertrand? Why aren't they in the swing?" David looked around, looking for the figure of his child who had not gone to school.

Before eating his food, he looked back at the ceiling of the house, then smiled crookedly at his condition. It's sorrowful, a horror employee lives in a rickety shack like this. In his heart, the man who works as an administrative staff in his office, is thinking about how to be able to buy a roof made of zinc as soon as possible.

"But I only get a small fee every month. If the money is used to buy some sheets of zinc, this month my family won't be able to eat. Everything they sell here is expensive. How can I buy it like that?" his face looks sad while sipping a glass of hot tea made by his wife.

Footsteps could be heard from behind, accompanied by the sound of small feet walking slowly towards the dining room, where David was.

"Chiko? Where are you from?" David immediately embraced his fourth son lovingly.

Followed by Fen in her wet clothes while holding her baby, who was still breastfeeding.

"Where are you from? Later, Bertrand will catch a cold because of your clothes." David approached Fen, then took his little son from his wife's hands.

"You better get changed soon, you'll catch a cold later if you don't quickly change them. Thereafter, come to the dining room. I'll invite Chico and Bertrand, while waiting for you there." After speaking, David left from their leaving his wife.

Hufft, what should I wear? All my clothes were wet with baby urine caused by Bertrand, his youngest child. Fen went from there to the wardrobe.

"They're completely men's clothing. How could I possibly wear them if they're all baggy?"